Schedule
Welcome brunch - Saturday, April 6, 2024
All wedding guests are invited to a casual welcome brunch from 10
a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 6. The brunch will be hosted at the
River Chase neighborhood clubhouse:
436 River Chase
Way, New Braunfels, TX 78132
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Time
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Event
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10 a.m. to noon
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Welcome brunch
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Wedding - Sunday, April 7, 2024
Both the ceremony & reception will take place at Gruene
Estate:
1030
River Road, New Braunfels, TX, 78130
Our wedding ceremony will begin promptly at 5 p.m. Please arrive
early to enjoy a string quartet performance. The suggested dress code is
semi-formal.
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Time
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Event
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4:45 to 5 p.m.
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String quartet performance
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5 to 6 p.m.
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Ceremony
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6 to 7:30 p.m.
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Dinner and drinks
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7:30 to 10:30 p.m.
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Reception
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Eclipse - Monday, April 8, 2024
Stay an extra day to see a total solar eclipse! You will need to
drive at least 20 minutes northwest of New Braunfels to reach the path
of totality. Eclipse glasses will be provided as wedding favors. We
encourage you to make a plan for your eclipse viewing in advance—see the
FAQ section for more information.
We are also hosting an optional eclipse watch party at a small winery
northwest of New Braunfels! Please see the FAQ section for details and
to RSVP.
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Time
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Event
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1:35 p.m.
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Total solar eclipse
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Registry
Thank you so much for helping us build our life together! Our
registry can be accessed through MyRegistry at this
link.
Please ship your gifts to the following address, which will send
items safely to the Stanford package center. The “-gdglenn” after
Griffin’s name is important:
Griffin Glenn - gdglenn
459 Lagunita Drive
c/o Tresidder Package Center
Stanford, CA 94305
If you would like to contribute cash but don’t want to pay the
transaction fees charged by MyRegistry (several dollars flat fee plus
2.5% of the total), you’re welcome to use Venmo (username: @GriffinDGlenn) or to mail us a check!
Please make it out to “Griffin Glenn” and mail it to:
Griffin Glenn
121 Campus Drive
Apt. 1303A
Stanford, CA 94305
Thank you so much! :)

Story
We met through the Dean’s Scholar’s Honors Program (DS) at the
University of Texas at Austin, where Griffin studied Physics and Plan II
Honors (class of 2019) and Maike studied Math (class of 2020).


We were both very involved with DS and became close friends through
leadership in the program.


By the time Griffin graduated, we were best friends.

When Griffin started a PhD program in Applied Physics at Stanford
University, we kept in close contact. After Maike graduated from UT in
2020, she too began a PhD program at Stanford—hers in Biology. We were
“randomly assigned” as next door neighbors in graduate housing and spent
nearly every waking moment together during fall 2020, as we weathered
the pandemic and worked from home together in California.


As we spent the 2020 winter break apart, we realized we missed each
other in a way different from how we missed other dear friends. We
broached the topic in January 2021 and, after much discussion, Maike
gave Griffin a type-written letter during a break from a beautiful
coastal bike ride. “I think we’ll make a great team.”

Our lifestyles and priorities grew even more aligned over the
subsequent three years of dating. Maike started skiing and Griffin
started running. Maike has learned physics, and Griffin biology. Griffin
now eats leftovers for lunch instead of sandwiches, and Maike has
rediscovered pleasure reading. We’ve cooked countless meals together,
traveled around the world, and put down roots in a wonderful church and
graduate student community at Stanford. We have spent long months apart
and short months together. It has been a great joy to intertwine our
lives.





In August 2023, while on a hike in the nearby Santa Cruz mountains
with Maike’s mom and roommate, Griffin pulled Maike away from the group,
handed Maike a type-written note, fished a ring box out of the hiking
pack, and got down on one knee. “We make a great team. Let’s make it
official?”

